Up to 84 Hornet racers will take the track to race in honor of Art 'The Animal' Heath, a former Tates Hornets season champion at the quarter-mile oval who died December 21 at the age of 42 in a single-car accident on Idaho highway 55.

Andretti Autosport, which competes in the IZOD IndyCar Series and all three rungs of the Mazda Rod to Indy ladder, employs more than 100 skilled people at its Indianapolis shop; statewide, the motorsports industry is indirectly responsible for 421,000 Hoosier jobs.

The Pocono River Otters Swim Club/Freedom Through Water Foundation team recycled the most e-Waste and will receive free advertising on the ZLOOP stock car, which will compete in the June 8, Pocono 200 ARCA race.